(thanks for suggestions) in sort of answering my own question, i think it's my ipcop box, which is running dnsmasq /etc/resolv.conf on linux box is nameserver ipcop.local.net and kill -HUP pid where pid = dnsmasq process id, appears to do the business. -- Gllug mailing list - Gllug at gllug.org.uk http://lists.gllug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/gllug